Nazi Aggression And Its Effects On The World

Adolf Hitler was one of the most influential people in the interwar era. His actions during the interwar era caused World War II, which had enormous impacts on almost every country in the world. There are three reasons why he gained so much influence in Germany. First of all people were disappointed in the current German government and wanted a change. Secondly, Hitler and his Nazi party were similar in ideology to the majority of people and finally he was a great orator who used his similarity to the rest of the German people to help his party grow and to help himself become dictator.

Many things that happen also have a trigger event – the final straw, or the

Communism not only had a large impact in Russia and the United States, it interrupted the lifestyles of many other countries, such as Europe. During this time frame, Europe was still very weak from the effects of World War II. The Soviet Union saw this as an opportunity to take control of Europe. “The Soviet Union wanted to

World War II shocked and dismantled many Eastern European countries leaving Europe in a state of shock, with many unanswered, open ended questions. Buildings were blown up, streets cracked, people slaughtered, and governments destroyed. As turmoil struck Eastern Europe, an opportunity arose for a new political system to come into power. However, this process is never a simple one; two common political ideologies fought to control the heart of Europe. Capitalism led by the Western Allies, funded by the United States Marshall Plan, spread providing a short time of economic prosperity. The American’s plan however could not venture as far east as West Germany with Moscow’s direction of Communism led by Joseph Stalin and he took over a large portion of Eastern Europe with many open statements and empty promises. These two ideologies caused an enlarged time of tension stemming from the drastically different values they were known to embrace, leading to a horrific time known as the cold war.

Europe was rabid after the WW II, and its devastation led to serious political consequences. Russians were taking advantages of the deplorable conditions of Europe. Communist party’s propaganda was based on the idea that capitalism generates wars and devastation of the nations, and by joining communist party, European nations would rebuild their economy. The number of members of communist party rose dramatically after the WW2. In Belgium, Italy and France, communist party gained support. The main argument used to attract members was that all of the harsh circumstances of the Europe, food and coal shortages, devastation and misery were done by capitalist system, but communism comes to save those nation from starvation and misery.

The consequence of World War Two left the United States and Russia as the prevailing military forces on the planet, yet they had altogether different types of government and economy, the previous an industrialist majority rule government, the last a comrade tyranny. The two countries were adversaries who dreaded each other, each ideologically restricted.

In times of economic and infrastructural strife, the Stalinist-style of leadership appeared to be the appropriate solution to the immediate set of problems. A unilateral command system was deemed vital to coordinate a relatively swift industrial improvement to repair the damage done by World War II. This style of governance was only advantageous for so long as “the inflexibility of Comecon’s command structure” was unable to adapt to the economic environment that it was entering into (Stone 168). With the world focusing less with weaponry and more with consumer demands, Eastern European countries were unable to fulfill the promises they made to their constituents since some could see or hear about how green the grass was on the western side in comparison. As more people resorted to other means to find necessities and more funds were being tied up in military and defence spending, Eastern Europe gradually exhibited symptoms of a failing society that only grew as the decades went along until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of communist dictatorships throughout the

The USSR could be more to blame because the Baltic States were under Soviet occupation at the end of the war. Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary were also under Soviet occupation and Poland gained a communist dominated government supported by the USSR. All of these countries helped the USSR spread their influence and this could have made people feel threatened by them.

After World War II the world was drastically different. Despite experiences of World War I, the world received blows far different from the Great War just ten years earlier. Nearly 60 million people perished due to the war and its extensive damage in major urban population centers. The Allied powers, including Great Britain, France, Russia and the United States, now were left with the responsibility of putting the world back together. Post World War I, treaty and relief efforts fell flat so this time around Allied Powers were extra cautious realizing the influence and impact decisions had on the world. Eastern Europe took most of the brunt of the damage since it became a centralized location of German occupation. Eastern Europe experienced harsh occupations changing hands between Germany and Russia multiple times since the late 1500s. Eastern Europe had lost individual cultures and heritages becoming engulfed into communism. For Eastern Europe, property just changed hands from Nazi domination to Communist domination in a blink of an eye, with no input for those who lived in the countries affected. Creating a separation from the outside world, Eastern Europe existed separate from the rest of the world which advanced and changed due to industry and advancements. In Slavenka Drakulic’s book, How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, she explores how communism affected daily life for the people. History, just like movies, leaves out the trivial things. These trivial things

Communism was initially spread and gained popularity in the cities of Russia. The people believed that it was a way out of their misery; they had been suffering for years from famine, disease, unemployment, and homelessness. When people like Lenin advocated the idea of equal sharing, the people were intrigued with the notion of equal possessions for all. Everybody would have food to eat, a roof over their heads, and most importantly, a job. The concept of communism worked well in the cities, since cities brought in all of their goods from outside sources, they wouldn’t share the problem with the rural communities that they wouldn’t be able to support themselves. Also

Churchill's speech recognized that the Soviet Union was trying to convert Eastern Europe to communism. The Soviets would dominate politically, socially, and culturally in the region.

Adolf Hitler started off as a jobless soldier after World War II simply drifting around. In 1919, he joined the National Socialist German Workers’ Party also known as the Nazi Party and quickly came to be the leader. Hitler dreamed of uniting all German speaking people in a great German empire, enforcing racial “purification”, and national expansion. The Great Depression had left 6 million Germans unemployed, these men then joined Hitler’s private army in 1932. On January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. Once in power, he dismantled Germany’s democratic Weimar Republic and established the Third Reich, or Third German Empire. Hitler quickly pulled out of the League of Nations, and in 1935 he began a military buildup in violation

     Many countries including countries in Europe and Asia accepted the idea of communism. The most conspicuous ones are China and Russia. In 1917, in Russia, the Bolsherik Party, also known as the ¡§reds¡¨ joined by workers and soldiers, who wants better salary fought the civil war. This is known as the Russian Revolution. In 1922, Russia was ruled under a communist leader, and this is when the USSR was created. In China, thousands of students gathered in Peking (currently Beijing) protesting against the governments. Inspiring by Russia, students and workers, under the leadership

Communism was a pretty brutal party first introduced in Russia. Since people in Russia were not satisfied with their position in society and Tsar’s work, they began to lose trust in the power of usual government to solve their problems, they wanted a quicker change and they thought that that would maybe be the easiest to achieve if they would have a brutal leader. Communist party took control and their

<br>The revolution and transition were completed, all seemed to be going well. The Soviets had aided in the allied victory of WWI and the farmers of the Soviet Union, the majority of the population, believed the Communist promises of equality and never before imagined welfare in which the results of the labor of all would be shared fairly by all. No more was starvation or deficiency in